Brian J. Kelly
Brian is the Chair of the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group and is named to the prestigious Chambers USA: America’s Guide to Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Labor and Employment.
Brian focuses his practice on the representation of management in all phases of labor relations and employment litigation. Brian regularly represents employers in litigation before federal and state courts, administrative agencies and arbitrators involving employment discrimination and harassment, wrongful discharge, theft of trade secrets, breaches of non-compete agreements and other employment contract topics. Brian also has extensive experience counseling employers on employment topics ranging from FMLA and ADA compliance to reduction in workforce planning and implementation. In the labor relations area, Brian has significant experience in collective bargaining negotiation, union avoidance techniques and strike disputes. Brian has also developed and implemented personnel policies and in-house training programs on a variety of labor and employment law topics.
- Named to Chambers USA: America’s Guide to Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Labor and Employment (2010-2019)
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management, and Litigation-Labor and Employment (2013-2019)
- Named to the Ohio Super Lawyers list (2005-2019)
- Named Best Lawyers' "Lawyer of the Year" in Employment Law-Management in Cleveland (2019)
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
